Diogo Salomão

Diogo Ferreira Salomão (born 14 September 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 3 club Alverca.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is Salomão.

Diogo Salomão
Personal information
Full name Diogo Ferreira Salomão[1]
Date of birth (1988-09-14) 14 September 1988[1]
Place of birth Amadora, Portugal
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Alverca
Youth career
1997–2001 Estrela Amadora
2001–2004 Damaiense
2004–2006 Estrela Amadora
2006–2007 Casa Pia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Casa Pia 14 (6)
2009–2010 Real Massamá 26 (4)
2010–2016 Sporting CP 15 (2)
2011–2013 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 43 (6)
2013–2016 Sporting CP B 19 (0)
2014–2015 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 12 (2)
2016–2017 Mallorca 34 (0)
2017–2019 Dinamo București 55 (15)
2019 Al-Hazem 11 (2)
2019–2020 FCSB 3 (0)
2020–2021 Santa Clara 27 (0)
2021–2023 Estrela Amadora 51 (2)
2023– Alverca 0 (0)
International career
2010 Portugal U21 1 (0)
2011 Portugal U23 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:23, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Amadora, Lisbon District, Salomão played for three teams as a youth, including two spells at local C.F. Estrela da Amadora. In 2007 he made his senior debut, helping another club from the region, Casa Pia AC, promote from the regional leagues to the fourth division in his first season.[2]

In the 2009–10 campaign, Salomão started in all but one of the league games he appeared in for Real SC, helping the side to the 12th position in the third tier. He subsequently moved straight into the Primeira Liga, as he signed a four-year contract with Sporting CP.[3]

Salomão made his debut in the top flight on 26 September 2010, playing 45 minutes in a 1–1 home draw against C.D. Nacional.[4] He finished his first season with the Lions with 23 official matches – four goals, including two in the UEFA Europa League group stage against PFC Levski Sofia (5–0 home win)[5] and K.A.A. Gent (5–1, also at home)[6]– and, although not a regular starter for the club, showed glimpses of his talent, being compared by many to Portugal international Nani.[7]

On 28 June 2011, deemed surplus to requirements by new Sporting boss Domingos Paciência as several Portuguese players, Salomão was loaned to Deportivo de La Coruña in Spain, in a season-long move.[8] He contributed four goals in his 16 starts and 1,475 minutes of action, as the Galicians returned to La Liga after only one year.[9]

Salomão was again loaned to Depor in 2012–13, being joined in the team by Sporting teammate André Santos.[10] He made his debut in the top division on 20 October 2012, playing 11 minutes in a 4–5 home loss to FC Barcelona.[11]

Salomão returned to Sporting in summer 2013, being assigned to the reserves in the Segunda Liga.[12][13] On 18 January 2014, he returned to Deportivo again in a temporary deal;[14] after achieving another top-flight promotion, he extended his stay for another year on 23 July.[15]

On 23 May 2015, in only his sixth league appearance of the season, Salomão helped his team come from behind by scoring in the 76th minute of a 2–2 draw at Barcelona in the last round that prevented relegation.[16] He left Sporting in late January 2016, to sign with Segunda División club RCD Mallorca.[17]

On 27 June 2017, Salomão joined Liga I's FC Dinamo București.[18] On 2 February 2019, after 62 competitive games, he left Romania,[19] moving the same day to Al-Hazem F.C. of the Saudi Professional League at the request of Romanian coach Daniel Isăilă.[20]

Salomão returned to the Romanian top tier on 16 July 2019, signing a contract with FCSB.[21] The following 31 January, the free agent moved back to Portugal and its main league with C.D. Santa Clara.[22]

In August 2021, 15 years after leaving, the 32-year-old Salomão returned to Estrela da Amadora on a three-year deal.[23] After helping the club to return to the top flight at the end of the 2022–23 campaign, he left by mutual agreement.[24]

Salomão agreed to a one-year contract at Liga 3 side F.C. Alverca on 22 September 2023.[25]

International career

In July 2011, Salomão turned down an offer from manager Luís Norton de Matos to represent his ancestral Guinea-Bissau at international level.[26] His only appearance for the Portugal under-21 team consisted of 12 minutes in a 0–2 friendly home loss against Sweden in Anadia on 2 March 2010, after coming on as a substitute for S.C. Olhanense's Rabiola.[27]

Career statistics
As of match played 3 June 2023[28][29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Casa Pia 2008–09 Terceira Divisão 14600— — —146
Real Massamá 2009–10 Segunda Divisão 26400— — —264
Sporting CP 2010–11 Primeira Liga 12220306[lower-alpha 1]2—234
2013–14 Primeira Liga 30001 0 — —40
Total 152204062—274
Deportivo (loan) 2011–12 Segunda División 29441— — —335
2012–13 La Liga 14200— — —142
2013–14 Segunda División 6100— — —61
2014–15 La Liga 6110— — —71
Total 55851— — —609
Sporting CP B 2013–14 Segunda Liga 70—— — —70
2015–16 LigaPro 120—— — —120
Total 190—— — —190
Mallorca 2015–16 Segunda División 17000— — —170
2016–17 Segunda División 17021— — —191
Total 34021— — —361
Dinamo București 2017–18 Liga I 35930—2[lower-alpha 1]0—409
2018–19 Liga I 20620— — —226
Total 551550—20—6215
Al-Hazem 2018–19 Saudi Pro League 11200— —2[lower-alpha 2]0132
FCSB 2019–20 Liga I 3000—2[lower-alpha 1]0—50
Santa Clara 2019–20 Primeira Liga 1000 00 0——100
2020–21 Primeira Liga 17 0 4 0 — — — 21 0
Total 27 0 4 0 0 0 — — 31 0
Estrela Amadora 2021–22 Liga Portugal 2 26 2 3 0 0 0 — — 29 2
2022–23 Liga Portugal 2 25 0 1 1 3 1 — 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 30 2
Total 51 2 4 1 3 1 — 1 0 59 4
Alverca 2023–24 Liga 3 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Career total 31039223711023035245
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in Saudi Pro League relegation play-offs
  3. Appearance in Primeira Liga promotion/relegation play-offs

Honours

Deportivo

References
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  2. Simões de Abreu, Alexandra (21 March 2020). ""No Sporting, apostámos com o Paulinho: aguentar o máximo no banho gelado, só com a cabeça de fora. Ganhou, mas rebentou-se todo com febre"" ["At Sporting, we bet with Paulinho: to hold on as much as he could in an icy bath, just with his head sticking out. He won, but fever tore him apart"]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. "Salomão assina por 4 anos" [Salomão signs for 4 years]. Record (in Portuguese). 1 July 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. Kundert, Tom (26 September 2010). "Wasteful Sporting fall further behind leading pack". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  5. Kundert, Tom (30 September 2010). "Bulgarian delight for Portuguese duo". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  6. Kundert, Tom (21 October 2010). "Porto and Sporting march on". PortuGOAL. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  7. "La banda, propiedad de Salomão" [The wing, Salomão's property]. El País (in Spanish). 27 October 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  8. "Deportivo: llega cedido Salomao" [Deportivo: Salomao arrives on loan] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  9. Villacampa, Alejandro (25 February 2016). "El jugador estrella del rival: Diogo Salomao" [The opposition's star player: Diogo Salomao] (in Spanish). Sport Aragon. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  10. "André Santos e Diogo Salomão vão ser apresentados como jogadores do Deportivo" [André Santos and Diogo Salomão will be presented as players of Deportivo] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  11. "Deportivo 4–5 Barcelona: Messi hits hat-trick as the Riazor rains goals". Goal. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  12. "Diogo Salomão reentra nas contas principais" [Diogo Salomão back in the big picture]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 September 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  13. "Sporting: Diogo Salomão volta à equipa B" [Sporting: Diogo Salomão returns to B team] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  14. "Llega Toché, vuelve Salomão" [Toché arrives, Salomão returns]. La Opinión A Coruña (in Spanish). 18 January 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  15. "Diogo Salomão refuerza al Deportivo" [Diogo Salomão bolsters Deportivo] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  16. Aldunate, Ramiro (23 May 2015). "El Barça indulta al Dépor" [Barça pardon Dépor]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  17. "Diogo Salomao se despide del Sporting antes de ingresar en el Mallorca" [Diogo Salomão says goodbye to Sporting before moving to Mallorca]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  18. "OFICIAL. Diogo Ferreira SALOMAO la Dinamo" [OFFICIAL. Diogo Ferreira SALOMAO at Dinamo] (in Romanian). Dinamo București. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  19. "OFICIAL. Mulțumim, Diogo Salomao!" [OFFICIAL. Thank you, Diogo Salomao!] (in Romanian). Dinamo București. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  20. Vrînceanu, Victor (2 February 2019). "DINAMO // EXCLUSIV Dinamo s-a despărțit de Diogo Salomao » La ce club a ajuns portughezul + ce salariu va primi" [DINAMO // EXCLUSIVE Dinamo cut ties with Diogo Salomao » What club signed the Portuguese + what salary he will receive]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  21. "Welcome, Diogo Salomao!". FCSB. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  22. Soares da Silva, Eduardo (31 January 2020). "Diogo Salomão reforça o Santa Clara" [Diogo Salomão strengthens Santa Clara] (in Portuguese). Rádio Renascença. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  23. "Diogo Salomão regressa a 'casa' e assina pelo Estrela da Amadora" [Diogo salomão returns 'home' and signs for Estrela da Amadora] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  24. "Estrela da Amadora e Diogo Salomão chegam a acordo" [Estrela da Amadora and Diogo Salomão reach agreement]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 31 August 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  25. "Diogo Salomão reforça o Alverca" [Diogo Salomão reinforces Alverca]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  26. "Diogo Salomão declina convite da Guiné-Bissau" [Diogo Salomão turns down Guinea-Bissau invitation]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 July 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  27. "Selecção sub-21 perde com a Suécia em particular" [Under-21 national team lose to Sweden in friendly] (in Portuguese). TSF. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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  29. Diogo Salomão at WorldFootball.net
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